INDEX 



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Serrano, Francisco : in the island 

 voyage of 1512, 68-69 ' settles 

 in the Moluccas, and writes 

 to Magellan of " another new 

 world," 69, 74. 



Seylan : see Ceylon. 



Shakspere, William : observes the 

 " lines " on Hakluyt's new map 

 of the Indies, 90 and note 4. 



Sharks Bay : discovered by Dirck 

 Hartog, 228: described by King, 

 228 note : visited by Vlamingh, 

 300 (map), 301 : by Dampier, 

 325: described by Freycinet, 325. 



Sinbad the Sailor : his voyages 

 in romance and fact, 26-27, 38. 



Solander, Daniel Carl : with 

 Banks on the Endeavour, 394 : 

 a walk in Tierra del Fuego, 396 : 

 " botanising " on ship-board, 

 384 : Linnaeus anc. Solander, 

 455 : Cook visits Solander, and 

 sends compliments to Banks, 

 461. 



Solomon Islands : discovered by 

 Mendana (1567), 134 : explored, 

 134 138 : on Ortelius's map of 

 X 5&7> T 37 (map) : on map of 

 1 60 1, 136 (map) : Mendana fails 

 to find them (1595), 147 : un- 

 visited for 200 years, 152 : 

 Quiros thought them near New 

 Guinea and Santa Cruz, 153 : 

 on Quiros's map, 189 (map) : 

 did Torres see them?, 194: 

 Visscher suggests visit to them, 

 260 : Tasman instructed to 

 explore them, 266 ; he fails to 

 find them, 283 : on Campbell's 

 map, , 343 (map) ; on Dal- 

 rymple's map, 363 (map) : seen 

 by Carteret, and not recognised, 

 369 : seen by Bougainville, but 

 not recognised, 375-376 : on 

 Bougainville's map, 375. 



South Georgia : visited by Ves- 

 pucci, and by Cook, 471. 



South Pole : Schoner's picture of, 

 98 (map) : Finaeus's, 101 (map) : 

 Wytfliet's, 112 (map) : de Bros- 

 ses' view of, 352 : Cook's bad 

 opinion of, 467, 472. 



Southern Continent : see Terra 

 A us tralis. 



Spaniards, the : Spain under 

 Ferdinand and Isabella, 70 : 

 send Columbus, 70-71 ; and 

 Magellan, 74 : sell claims to 

 the Moluccas to Portugal, 76 : 

 Cortes dreams of a Spanish 



Empire in the South Sea, 76 : 

 sends Saavedra to explore, "77 : 

 exploration of New Guinea, 

 78 ; Spanish colony in the 

 Philippines, 79 : de Morga 

 describes Spanish exploits, and 

 ambitions, 79-80 : did Spaniards 

 discover Australia ? , 82 et seq. : 

 no evidence of knowledge, 83 : 

 unlikely that they would ex- 

 plore, 86, 130 : Spaniards under 

 Mendana discover the Solomons, 

 130-134 ; and might have dis- 

 covered Australia, 133, 138 : 

 Spaniards under Mendana fail 

 to find the Solomons, try to 

 colonise Santa Cruz, 145-148 ; 

 and fail, 149 : Spaniards under 

 Quiros discover New Hebrides, 

 157-168 ; and fail, 169-189 : 

 Spaniards under Torres sail 

 through Torres Strait, 192-197 : 

 Spanish story ends, 198-203 : 

 Arias's last word, 205-207 : 

 Spaniards alarmed by voyages 

 of Byron and Cook, 458 note 2 : 

 annex Easter Island and visit 

 Tahiti, 458 note 2. 



Spencer, ^Professor Baldwin : his 

 Native Tribes of North Australia, 

 2T and note i. 



Spencer's Gulf : explored by 

 Flinders, 513-515. 



Speult, Herman van : Governor 

 of Amboyna, 218 : responsible 

 for the massacre, 218 : sends 

 the Arnhem and Per a on voyage 

 of discovery, 238 : Speultland, 

 probably" Groote Eylandt, 244. 



Spice Islands : see Moluccas. 



Staten Land : island East of 

 Tierra del Fuego discovered by 

 Le Maire and Schouten, 221 : 

 they think it part of Terra 

 Australis. 221 : Tasman names 

 New Zealand Staten Land, as 

 possibly part of Terra A ustralis, 

 278 : Brouwer discovers Le 

 Maire's Staten Land is an 

 island, 221, 278 and note. 



Stevenson, R. L. : on the natives 

 of the Marquesas, 147, 468. 



Stingray Harbour : see Botanv 

 Bay. 



Stokes, John Lort : describes 

 natives of North- West Aus- 

 tralia, 316 note : explorations 

 behind Rosemary Island, 327. 



Storm Bay : discovered by Tas- 

 man, 271 : on modern map 



